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Originally Posted by tbomachines
Interestingly most weight training is still done with olympic bars and freeweights (competitive bodybuilding makes use of the machines more, but strength training is almost entirely good ol' lifts and presses). Thats because they are compound exercises, feel more natural and hit more muscles at the same time. Much of the exercise is the same but the supplement and nutritional research has developed quite a bit in the last few decades
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for the bulk of things yes, but if you want to target a specific muscle within a group, sometimes standing on your head to do a free weight is not feasable. A machine can be as simply as a cable and pulley or a pivoting lever, but gravity only goes one way. I agree nutrition and suppliments are also a huge step ahead of Arnolds time, but the machines are much more specific now as well, guys who say machines are unneccisary probably drive cars with carbeurators
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Last edited by lutzTD; 05-25-2011 at 02:31 PM.
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